Mel Durslag

Summary

Melvin Durslag (April 29, 1921 – July 17, 2016) was an American sportswriter.

Mel Durslag
Born(1921-04-29)April 29, 1921
DiedJuly 17, 2016(2016-07-17) (aged 95)
OccupationSportswriter

Durslag began writing for the Los Angeles Herald-Express in 1939, while he was a senior at Los Angeles High School, and joined the staff full-time in 1940, while he was a freshman at the University of Southern California.[1] He wrote a sports column for Hearst papers in Los Angeles beginning in 1952 and had a long career at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. In 1989, after the Herald-Examiner went out of business, he joined the Los Angeles Times.[2] He retired in 1991.[1] Durslag contributed an essay on Walter Alston to I Managed Good, But Boy Did They Play Bad.

He also wrote a column for many years for TV Guide.[citation needed]

Durslag was elected into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2000 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3] He was named a finalist for the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in the 2014 balloting.[4]

Durslag died after a brief illness on July 17, 2016, at Berkley East Convalescent Hospital in Santa Monica, California.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Long-time Herald Examiner columnist Melvin Durslag dies at 95". July 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "\o7 Melvin Durslag, veteran Los Angeles sports columnist... - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. November 22, 1989. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home".
  4. ^ "AJC's Furman Bisher among Baseball Hall of Fame finalists". www.ajc.com. Retrieved November 5, 2013.

External links edit

  • "1995 - Mel Durslag". NSSA. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013.